Burglars steal more gold when the price is high – new research
- Written by Arnaud Chevalier, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London

Are criminals rational? In his groundbreaking work of 1968, Gary Becker argued that they are. The American economist, who would go on to win the Nobel prize in economics in 1992, theorised that individuals engage in crime only if the returns are greater than the returns from engaging in legal...